Fortunately, there was a way to edit Windows’ infamous Registry to bring back the old Windows 10 Start Menu. Unsurprisingly, not everyone is a fan of the design or the concept, or both. Microsoft is perhaps presuming that everyone these days is more familiar with searching for things rather than having an organizational structure and has adjusted the Start Menu to that use case. While almost all Start Menus before it revolved around apps, the information density in the new menu makes search a necessity more than just a convenience. The new Windows 11 Start Menu is more than just a redesign, though. Of course, it has gained a lot more features over the years, like Web and local search results, but that also came with some significant changes to the design as well.
Unless you’re a more seasoned user, the Start Menu will be where you start and open everything that is installed or saved on your PC. Next to the desktop itself, the Start Menu is pretty much the gateway to Windows.
